New platform to prevent drowning accidents

As several children were playing by the Shuhe River in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province on July 2, a drone flew into the area, hovering at a low altitude and warning them: "Deep water is dangerous! Please leave immediately!"

As summer vacation started, many places in the prefecture-level city of Xuzhou conducted drowning-prevention drills for minors, but unlike in the past, this year's drill featured the province's first-ever drowning prevention intelligent analysis platform, jointly built by State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co, People's Procuratorate of Xuzhou and others.

"Every summer, we repeatedly tell our children not to go near the water, but as we are busy with our own work, we can't always be with them. The anxiety never fades," said Liu Yanzi, a parent, after observing the drill. "The new platform replaces human monitoring with intelligent monitoring, using new technologies to truly relieve the worries of parents during the summer vacation."